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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge is still awaiting final estimates after a semi truck hauling construction equipment collided with the underside of the Whoop-Up Drive bridge on Wednesday morning. According to a news release from the Lethbridge Police Service, a semi-truck with a flatbed trailer loaded with two ... Read More »

Sam Leishman Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Calling all O- blood donors! It’s your time to shine! Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is hosting a special event at Lethbridge’s Exhibition & Trade Centre on Aug. 13 between noon and 4 p.m., specifically to collect O- whole blood. According to CBS, any patient can receive O- blood regardless of their own blood type, so it’s ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald A recent report by provincial government scientists examining the impact of selenium and other elements after coal mine reclamation has Lethbridge West MLA Rob Miyashiro worried about the Oldman watershed and other bodies of water. Miyashiro said Wednesday he has serious fears about the potential impacts of mining on Grassy Mountain, ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Football Club’s U17 Boys team ended their season in thrilling fashion  at the Canada Youth Cup National Showcase over the August long weekend, which resulted in them coming out with a bronze medal from the event. LFC’s Sakil Adhikari played late-game heroics thanks to his conversion on free ... Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For the first time in her powerlifting career, Olivia Hudey will compete on the international stage. The 18-year-old Lethbridge County product will travel to San Jose, Costa Rica later this month to compete in the International Powerlifting Federation World Classic and Equipped Sub-Junior and Junior Powerlifting Championships. In ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes forward Leo Braillard has decided to return home  to  Switzerland to continue his hockey career. The team announced on Wednesday that the 20-year-old  has signed a professional contract  with Switzerland’s EHC Biel-Bienne for this upcoming season. Braillard was plucked off the Canadian Hockey League waivers by the Canes ... Read More »

Jocelyn Stacey Quoi Media Newly elected Prime Minister Carney, along with several provincial premiers, have made the claim that conditions of “urgency,” “necessity” and “unprecedented crisis” justify initiating legislative grants of sweeping discretionary powers to the government to act in times of emergency. U.S. threats to Canadian sovereignty and chaotic tariffs have been layered onto ... Read More »

Rene Plaizier and Bruce McKay Inclusion Lethbridge The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new monthly federal payment of $200 that is a small but much needed boost for most Canadian adults with disabilities. But not for Albertans. Why?   The government of Alberta claims that Alberta’s Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) provides the highest  ... Read More »

Trevor Harrison For the Herald Alberta’s education minister, Demetrios Nicolaides, has announced standards for determining what age-appropriate books will appear in school libraries. Students in any grade will not be able to see materials showing explicit sexual content, defined by the province as detailed and clear depictions of sexual acts, including masturbation, penetration and ejaculation. Only students ... Read More »

Editor, Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically Nice.  But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character flaw. If kindness were really our default setting, we wouldn’t have had to enshrine a Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a Constitutional obligation to make our government(s) “do ... Read More »

Editor, Who greased Grassy Mountain? Most of the grease was applied by an Alberta cabinet minister who, after incongruously declaring Grassy Mountain’s rejected coal mine proposal an advanced project, used his acknowledged multiple failures to acquire a driver’s licence as rationale for giving Northback the keys to renewed opportunity.  What’s changed within Grassy Mountain’s heavily-researched ... Read More »

Editor, To those who find living in Canada so egregious – Why don’t you move yourself to the U.S.? The majority of us Albertans want no part of your plan – so why don’t you just pack up and leave?  Maybe your fantasy is that you will have it better under Trump and the American ... Read More »